Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-05-07

BASE BALL NOTES.
The phencmenals are exploding in a lively
Arson and Ryan have been doing the best bat
ting for Chicago.
one OF the features OF the Bostons' work this
Season is their sliding TO bases.
The Athletic Philadelphia series OF ten games
are said TO have netted Sl6,4oo.
Sadie Houck, IL Is said. Will Join the Nets big
offer is to be made FOR his release.
The new grounds OF the Philadelphia club are
Said TO be the finest In the country.
IL Is said that 10000 base balls are now being
Manufactured daily In the United states
League games this season viii reach 1900 600
The MashingtOns were wise In releasing McGlone
The Lad is capable but loses his head at critical
points
capt. Glasscock and his men are 20 dress alike in
$40 suits OF navy blue serge CLOTH stylishly made
watkins says that before going to New orleans
next February he viii take The Detroits on trip
through the Pacific coast
White is the most economical player I'm the
Louisville Club, and is said 10 have saved about
81, 400 OF his salary last season.
Kilroy has proved himself even better than he
Was last year. he is regarded as a catcher killer
but Fulmer backs him up TO perfection.
GORE has been suffering from an attack of malaria
and sore shoulder but the New York Club had
his services In Thursdays game with Boston.
Ii Is said that the Chicagos share OF the receipts
OF the St Louis Brown games was enough to pay
the salaries OF three OF their men for the season
one OF the secrets OF the old Chicagos was that
they never lost heart. They VIII have hard work
to keep up their spirits from the present outlook.
Where are the men whose batting was Co be 50
much impaired by the new rules? All the old
siuggers seem to be smuggling AVA, just as they lid
Brown, Carroll. Miller and Fields are the head
first sllders OF the Pittsburg team. Dalrymple
Smith, Coleman and the balance OF the boys go In
feet first.
The Metropolitans have at last fallen into the
line just about where they were SO long last
season. However, better things are expected u
Mike Kelly says: "Take all chances, and pay no
attention 10 errors; it's runs that count" He Is
rfs hall
heed the advice.
IL is claimed that the Boston club received nearly
5000 while playing ios exhibition games, Kelly
being the drawing card. In that case Kelly VII
soon pay for himself.
Henry Boyle the speediest pitcher IN the League,
has done great work with the Maroons since their
removal TO Indianapolis They call him ssThe
Adonis OF the diamond"
Glasscock is SAID 70 he one OF the worst dlsap-
pointed men In the business. He has been so long
striving 10 get In winning club that he is almost
heart-broken over his failure.
Denny says that Van Haltren, the California
wonder who has disappointed both Ptttsburg and
Chicago by refusing 70 come East this year, Is
aii-around player OF merit as We'll as q pitcher.
Sunday Is playing ball that pleases his brother
in-law, Anson When sunday has no bail-playing
TO do he works as an engineer on the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad He and Arson live In
In speaking OF Daily the new catcher, Clarkson
said: ''rhat man DAILY is the best catcher that
have ever seen, and have stumbled over a good
many OF them In my day."
Indianapolis will have more attractive uni
form 10 travel In than the one they have 40 lar
worn. IL win consist OF Sleeps gray shirt and
pants, with red stockings and caps, the word "In-
dianapolis" worked across the breast.
one great secret OF Chicagos success has been
that the men would take TWO bases on q hit where
any other team would take but one. This year
Boston is emulating Chicago's style OF base rum
ming, and II Is easy 10 discover who Is responsible
The ''Oid Guard, OF the League are Anson Nor
rill, Deacon White, sutton ORoyrke, Hines, and
BurdOck. These seven have been with the League
from the start. Every one has for one season oI
more led In his respective position In the held or az
the bat.
Nobody in the Boston team can catch stemmyer
SO well as Nike Kelly. None OF the other catchers
are heavy enough. Whenever Stemmyer is In
cined TO be unsteady In the box Kelly comes In
from right-neld to catch, ana Invariably has a
For Mt. oDay's eye.-Put a little more life I'm
your movements between pitches. Your effective.
ness may not De improved, put you VIII make
better impression upon the public, who like 10
man move as II he meant business After all a
ball-player depends good deal on the public Tor
In new scheme for fielding the ball from the
outneid, which Ewing has originated, he promises
TO be without peer In the profession. No matter
where a ball Is Knocked In the outfield. when a
man Is on third, Ewing runs 10 meet the fielder
who throws TO him, and the way the sphere Is
lined 10 the plate is marvellous
The Bostons seem 70 be a different organization
from the team that came here last year. IL seems
impossible that one man could infuse so much
energy and vim Kelly is = great bali player and
a valuable man TO have ON a team, but he is very
unpopular and his tricks are not considered legti-
mate BAH playing by the public.
In the Philadelphia Press vote on the positions
OF the league clubs at the end OF the season, the
vote for the first place was: Detrolts .s,sl; Chi
Cages, 112; Phiiadelphias, 4le; New Sorks, ll2;
Bostons, 81; Pfttsburgs, 81; Indianapolis and
WaSh1ngtons, each In other words only so peo-
pie out OF 3, 127 thought Boston would take the
pennant.
out OF the first twenty-one tatters OF the league
Detroit has six-Brouthers, Richardson. Thomp-
son. Rowe, White, and Dunlap; New York i've
Connor, O'kourke, Ewing Gore, and Dorgan; Chi
cogo two-Anson and Ryan; Washington two
Hines and Shock; Philadelphia two-F0garty and
Buffinton; Pttsburg one-xckinnon and India
nap0is one-GlaSscock.
II was generally supposed that the Bostops
strength was largely oserrated, but IL begins 10
look as II they VIII press the winners hard Their
0utneld is q great one. II there are any better
helders than Hornung they do not come down this
way. IL Is said that Washington could have had
Hornung and 81, 500 for Paul Hines release The
management did not dare 10 make che change, be
cause the public would not have stood IL Hines
was regarded as 4 necessity.
The Hartford Telegram has this 90 say OF the
playing OF Washington boy IN game between
the Springfield ana Bridgeport clubs At the latter
place: "Young keefe pitched well, and proved
himself q good one He has q very puzznng de-
livery as Is ev1nced by the fact TINT the Spring.
fields could make only eleven bona ysde hits on
him."
The statement is made In Chicago that the '.cr1b"
In Lake Michigan is In q dangerous condition
and liable af nv time 10 COLLAPSE and cut OF the